Three International Business Colleagues Win Prestigious Paper Awards at EIBA

The International Business Department achieved remarkable success at the 50th Anniversary European International Business Academy (EIBA) Conference held in Helsinki.

Congratulations to Professor Jeremy Clegg, Professor Dimitrios Georgakakis, and Dr. Hanna Gajewska-De Mattos who received top honours, winning two highly coveted Best Paper Awards!

Best Paper Award in Track 1 on the Main Conference Theme: That’s Interesting! Rethinking IB Research for the Next 50 Years:

Hanna Gajewska-De Mattos, Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen and Jeremy Clegg, Why Do We Resist EDI? Rethinking EDI from an Evolutionary Psychology Perspective.

Best Paper Award in Track 3 Managing MNC:

Sheryl Tang, Dimitrios Georgakakis and Winfried Ruigrok, Growing Beyond the Home-Region: Regional Heads in the Top Management Team as a Driver of Inter-Regional Growth in MNEs.

The recognition of the department’s work underscores its global impact and commitment to advancing understanding in this field.